# Double Angle Formula

Instructions: Use this Double Angle Formula to compute the trigonometric values of the double angle, for a given angle $$\theta$$, in the form below:

Angle in Radians $$\theta$$ (Ex. '1', '2pi', etc) =

## Double Angle Formula Calculator

One interesting element about the trigonometric functions is that there is a way to compute the value of the trigonometric function of the double of a given angle, by using relatively simple formulas, by using the so-called double angle formulas

Assume that we have an angle $$\theta$$, and the $$2 \theta$$ is the double angle. Then, the following formulas are used for the double angle

$\sin(2\theta) = 2\sin(\theta) \cos(\theta)$ $\cos(2\theta) = \cos^2(\theta) - \sin^2(\theta)$ $\tan(2\theta) = \displaystyle \frac{2\tan(\theta)}{1-\tan^2(\theta)}$

What is cool about these formulas is that if know the trigonometric values for al angle $$\theta$$, you can use the formulas above for to compute the trigonometric formulas for $$2\theta$$. So, say that you know the trigonometric values for 30o, then you can use the formulas above to compute the trigonometric values for 60o

Double Angle formula Example: We know that $$\sin(45^o) = \sin(45^o) = \displaystyle \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$$. Let us compute $$\sin(90^o)$$. Notice that $$90^o$$ s the double angle of $$45^o$$, so then, using the above formula

$\sin(90^o) = \sin(2\cdot 45^o) = 2\sin(45^o)) \cos(45^o) =\displaystyle 2 \cdot\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} = 2 \cdot \frac{2}{4} = 1$

### What do you use the double angle for?

We said that the double angle could be very useful for calculation purposes, but actually, it is more of a theoretical use for them. I mean, trigonometric tables are not computed using the double angle starting from some notable angles, but using Taylor approximation instead.

Double angle formulas are extremely useful in identities used to make certain calculation of trigonometric integrals possible.

Tightly related, and conceptually equivalent, you can use these half angle formulas to compute the trigonometric value of the half angle $$\frac{\theta}{2}$$ given the trigonometric values of $$\theta$$.

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